I conducted a Track and Sign Certification in the Santa Barbara Area from November 10-11, 2018 for the Wilderness Youth Project. We saw the tracks of 27 species, including 15 mammals, 8 birds, 1 herps, 2 invertebrates, and marks of…continue reading 
I conducted a Track and Sign Certification in the Ventura Area on November 7-8, 2018. We saw the tracks of 32 species, including 14 mammals, 11 birds, 3 herps, 2 invertebrate, a human hand print, and a mark from a…continue reading 
Casey McFarland and I conducted a Track and Sign Specialist Certification in the Los Padres National Forest in California on November 3-4, 2018. We saw the tracks of 26 species, including 14 mammals, 6 birds, 3 herps, 1 invertebrate, and…continue reading 
Matt Nelson and I conducted a Track and Sign Certification in the San Francisco Bay Area from June 16-17, 2018. We saw the tracks of 28 species, including 14 mammals, 11 birds, 2 herps, and 1 invertebrate. We spent the first…continue reading 
The Earth Native Wilderness School hosted a Track and Sign Certification in and around Austin, Texas from May 19-20, 2018. We saw the tracks of 35 species, including 20 mammals, 7 birds, 4 herps, and 4 invertebrates. We spent the first day at a…continue reading 
The San Diego Tracking Team hosted a Track and Sign Certification in San Diego, California on November 18–19, 2018. We saw the tracks of 24 species, including 12 mammals, 6 birds, 2 herps, 3 invertebrates, and ridges caused by tree roots that looked…continue reading 
The Channel Islands Tracking Team hosted a Track and Sign Certification in Ventura, California on November 18–19, 2017. We saw the tracks of 32 species, including 17 mammals, 8 birds, 4 herps, 2 invertebrates, and marks of a branch moving in the wind.…continue reading 
Marcus Reynerson and Bob Ollerton hosted a Track and Sign Specialist Certification in the deserts east of San Diego, California on November 11-12, 2017. Participants at Specialist Certifications have to answer 57 very complex questions over an arduous 2 days. Two evaluators…continue reading 
I have been working for several years now with Zoe Jewell and Sky Alibhai from WildTrack on a system for identifying individual mountain lions from their tracks. We recently published an article in the open access journal PLOS One and it's available to read…continue reading 
The Earth Native Wilderness School organized a Track and Sign Certification in and around Austin Texas from May 27-28, 2017. We saw the tracks of 30 species, including 16 mammals, 5 birds, 3 herps, and 6 invertebrates. We spent the first day at a pond at…continue reading